Increases federal funding to state Medicaid programs for home and community-based services.

This bill provides an emergency increase in federal funding to state Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services. It increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) by 10 percentage points for states that submit an approved application. The funds must be used to improve access, availability, and quality of home and community-based services, support family care providers, pay for training, and assist individuals who had to relocate to a nursing facility or institutional setting from their homes.

Increases federal funding to state Medicaid programs for home and community-based services.

This bill provides an emergency increase in federal funding to state Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services. It increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) by 10 percentage points for states that submit an approved application. The funds must be used to improve access, availability, and quality of home and community-based services, support family care providers, pay for training, and assist individuals who had to relocate to a nursing facility or institutional setting from their homes.